Posted by Lambchop
In the July /August issue of State Magazine, The State Department’s Diversity Officer, John Robinson, pens a jaw-dropping piece called, “Wait, What Did You Just Say?” - a fascinating look into the nonsensical ramblings of the liberal mind.
Sadly, Robinson does not seem to realize that this piece is like something out of Mad Magazine as he seriously tackles the "problem" of language when we “interact with individuals different from ourselves.” But what can we expect? Robinson was originally the diversity officer at the IRS. I am sure Wesley Snipes appreciated his hard work.
First, Robinson attacks NIKE for its Black and Tan sneaker, which stupid NIKE thought referenced a beer mixture. Nope. The Black and Tans were a military group who committed atrocities against Irish civilians. What he fails to mention is that they existed for only a couple of years after 1920.
So here is the list of THINGS THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED:
1) Hold down the fort: This phrase references the evil white man trying to historically defend themselves against Native American attacks common in the 1600s and 1700s.
2) Going Dutch: Another slur against the Dutch implying that they were cheap - again 17th century reference.
3) Rule of thumb: Allegedly a phrase used to determine the acceptable size of a switch that a man could use to legally beat his wife. Of course, wife beating has never been legal in the U.S. although there is some suggestion that it was legal in the U.K prior to the 1660s. The phrase has been a common measurement for hundreds of years in carpentry.
4) Handicap: This phrase supposedly ties physically challenged individuals to beggars. Once again no proof of this one either. Other than in other countries in other centuries where debilitated people who could not work and were many times reduced to begging.
This buffoon is living testimony to waste in government and an example of a person with nothing better to do than opine irrelevant trivia. Does every arm of the government have a Diversity Officer? Why?
Posted by: Steve Crytser | 08/31/2012 at 04:04 PM